They are a communist police state,
Is China not?
we don't need anything from them,
Technically we "dont need anything from anyone". But I can think of a lot of benefits..
they are not friendly towards us,
What have they dont in the past 20 years to the US? Other than say, "can we end the embargo now?".
they have done nothing to deserve normalization,
Liberalization of the economy, releasing prisoners, and offering assistance to us during several natural disasters and terrorist attacks?
So do we.
and it's not in the best interests of our nation to do so.
Why? The impact of trade sounds pretty good. I thought you guys were all over "free markets" and such..
I could go on, but hopefully, you get the picture.
Your picture is incredibly hypocritical and stuck in cold war era mentality.
They have done nothing to change their ways, so why should we foolishly help them stay in power?
:dohYou must of missed the past 15+ years of reform in the country...
Really? They had nukes pointed at us.
Bay of pigs happened before the famous Cuban Missile Crisis.
But if your trying to justify your position of we should not engage in basic diplomatic relations because of a hostile event that happened 50+ years ago, then wow... You really are stuck in this cold war era thinking.
You bet your ass we'll blockade, invade, whatever it takes to secure our nation.
:doh No no no no no. That whole policy wasnt about "securing our nation". Hell we were friendly with Castro government for sometime following the revolution. Eisenhower even recognized them as the legitimate government. It wasnt until land reform started to happen did disagreements come about. Then it was nationalization that broke the camels back. Embargo implemented, invasion of Cuba, several attempts on Castro's life, etc. The Cuban Missile Crisis came after all this had occurred. This was not in defense of our nation at all. If anything Cuba would be the one saying what they did was "in defense", after-all it is what they claimed. None of those actions were about "security" it was about a government pissing off multinational corporations.
Sorry, align with Russia and point nuclear weapons at us, be prepared to pay the consequenses.
Those were not consequences, because the actions all took place before the Cuban Missile Crisis not as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
They are lucky we didn't decide to make a first strike and knock them out.
We did strike. We blockade (act of war), and had CIA backed forces invade the country.